Budget Nexus 6 may feature a 64-bit processor

Recently, a rumor surfaced saying that Google would be pushing its Nexus program to the limit with the Nexus 6 and aiming for a sub-$100 unlocked price point, rather than the $300 flagship segment. Part of getting the device cost down would be in using a MediaTek processor, and now we're getting an idea which processor that may be.

A report from Taiwan’s Economic Daily News says that the specific MediaTek processor used could be either the "quad-core MT6732 64-bit chip clocked at 1.5GHz, or the octa-core MT6752 SoC running at a frequency of 2.0GHz." Both would be powerful chips with Mali-T760 GPUs, and LTE capable, but the real news is that both chips would be 64-bit and use the new ARMv8 instruction set (which is the real reason 64-bit mobile chips offer big performance boosts).

MediaTek devices tend to be seen as somewhat "lesser" because of the budget pricing on the devices, but these chips sound pretty serious. They may not stack up exactly to a Snapdragon 801, but when you're paying $100 full price for a smartphone, you shouldn't be expecting that anyway.

I am an Android user, but I never mocked the iPhone for having a 64bit CPU. The iPhone has a lot of other things to laugh at. Size being a major one, having a low resolution display (not even HD), no NFC, no standard USB connector, the iOS OS. Those are the things I don't like. But as far as the 64 bit chip, that's okay in my books.

I am an android user and I mocked iFans for lauding 64 bit as some sort of miracle. It wasn't a miracle then, and it isn't going to be a miracle tomorrow. Only an idiot believes otherwise unless he works with servers in which case he is a decade or so too late to be amazed. The fact that iFans fell for that marketing point was the sad part and some of them were even officially destroyed by an official article on PA because they staked their entire knowledge base and efforts behind it (look up a JakeLee).

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I hated it for those stupid restrictions, less features, so much hardware limitations, battery and all the things you mentioned. I wished Steve Jobs was alive. Truly respected guy( For innovative ideas and contributions, not personal life).

the fandroids moked all the fuzz about "64 bit desktop class" BS , how 64bit made it superior to everything else, and so on..
Where do you see android fans making fuzz for this one having a 64bit CPU ?

Technically, you are supposed to have 4GB of RAM with a 64 bit processor, but, if this works, then cool - probably be as good as your precious iphone 5C, and at far less the cost for a consumer, Smeagle....

But iphone is not budget with same specs, its noway under 100$... now you got the actual worth of apple, iboy? it worth only 100$ but you iboys pay $600+ for such an under specs phone.. in this situation why fandroids should not mock iphone 5s??

All flagship smartphones components don't cost anywhere near their retail price, there is a lot more that goes into the price of these phones than just the component costs. Even the GS5 is under 300 dollars as far as all the components ie processor, screen, ram, camera, etc. It retails for as much as the iPhone. Gotta take into account all the other costs associated with these products.

True but the problem is that Apple products are pretty much under 200 dollars, so its not about who's getting shafted, but who is getting shafted harder. Plus you have to look at the future side, whereas those who get updates under android or even WP end up with a better phone with more features, those who get updates under iOS eventually end up with a crippled device with a handful of "features" such as color changes and font resizing.

Exactly how I felt. Apparently Google is just never going to give us an ultimate, pure Android experience. They realy don't care. It's all about user numbers, not premium devices.

I know the other reason is they simply don't want to be seen as a competitor out of fear that manufacturers will leave Android, but I've always felt part of that was BS. They'll never get developers onboard for their vision if they don't give people something that actually sticks and makes other manufacturers take notice.

Only reason(s) why I'd put 50% of hope for this to happen will be due to:-
1. Want better SoCs' competition
So that MediaTek can be more AOSP compliant. Raw internal designs may not be up to say Qualcomm's standards but at least on the code side of things that can be remedied once MediaTek play ball with Google's reqs.

2. because if Google won't, one of these days much sooner rather than later Xiaomi, Oppo or OnePlus is going to one up this job for them anyways, at the very least even at double the 100 mark since they don't have Google's clout. OnePlus and Oppo has proven to be the shrewdest of them all by shortcutting things immensely having cut a good deal with CyanogenMod which is probably the most well organized AOSP based custom ROM establishment to date.

And last but definitely not least who the hell in their right mind would refuse a $100 Nexus?

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